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Jan 14 training

Got out with TY this afternoon after work, They had town dump trucks dumping snow in my weekday spots so i went down to the marina.
I tried my best to rectify most of the things i was picked up on.
They included;
No lead
using dead bird not mark
hand higher and steady over his head
being quiter on my "back"
straighter arms when casting
being ready to make the cast
more backs
remote backs
using a pail for mu bumpers
and most importantly making more fun, i think he/we ran alot better today.

He was getting mixed up on his remote back casts, i think because he could see the overs really well due to confined space, so once the camera stopped we did 10 or so remote backs from inside 25-30yds

Several questions. You pre-plant 'fun bumpers'? Why are you running him down a road to the pile? How long has he been on FTP?

Evan

"Prepare your dog in such a manner that the work he is normally called upon to do under-whelms him, not overwhelms him." ~ Evan Graham“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”

Several questions. You pre-plant 'fun bumpers'? Why are you running him down a road to the pile? How long has he been on FTP?

Evan

No fun bumpers are not pre planted, That isnt a road, its a beach covered with snow that someone drove down, i use it what i can because theres 2-3ft of snow else where. we have been working the pile for a couple weeks. Not every day.

Not everyone wants a barnburner on blinds. My Rowdy runs about the same speed as your dog. Rowdy's parents both run relatively slow blinds (Pirate X Cha Cha). It was one of the traits that I was looking for when I selected this breeding. I have had my share of barn burners and I don't like them. They can get in trouble before you can blink an eye lid.

I use a cue "dead bird" on pile work. When I switched to Lardy a few years back I noted that he doesn't use a cue until later in the program. But it was one of the things so ingrained in me that I never stopped doing it. I have been training dogs for about 30 years and using a cue on FTP has never created a problem for me. Similarily I will still say "sit, stay" occassionally instead of just "sit". I think it is your personal choice.

I still try to work in several remote sit sends when doing the drill. With my Rowdy on the T this morning (I am at the sit on the whistle stage on the baseline) and I did about 10 sends and 2 or 3 were front remote sends and the rest were alternating left and right side sends.